Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. – George Eliot
The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision. – George Eliot
How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. – George Eliot